I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend You could cut ties with all the lies That you’ve been living in And if you do not want to see me again I would understand I would understand
The angry boy A bit too insane Icing over a secret pain You know you don’t belong
You’re the first to fight You’re way too loud You’re the flash of light on a burial shroud I know something’s wrong
Well, everyone I know has got a reason To say Put the past away
Wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend You could cut ties with all the lies That you’ve been living in And if you do not want to see me again I would understand I would understand
And well, he’s on the table And he’s gone to code And I do not think anyone knows What they are doing here
And your friends have left you You’ve been dismissed I never thought it would come to this And I I want you to know
Everyone’s got to face down the demons Maybe today We can put the past away
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend You could cut ties with all the lies That you’ve been living in And if you do not want to see me again I would understand I would understand I would understand
I would understand I would understand Understand
Can you put the past away? I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend I would understand I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend I would understand I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend And I would understand
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend I would understand I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend And I would understand
In the Buddhist tradition, a spiritual warrior is someone who longs to attain complete spiritual realization so they can help others do the same and in so doing bring an end to all their suffering, and indeed, to all the suffering in this world. This is profound love and compassion steeped in wisdom, the kind of compassion that includes, but goes beyond good acts alone.
Some people feel averse to the word “warrior,” including me. But it has a precise meaning in this context: It means to courageously confront and overcome negative thoughts, emotions, and actions as well as misplaced notions about reality. It means to train in altruism, until it comes naturally for whomever you meet.
As a spiritual warrior, we vow to meet our own habits, patterns, and demons in a vigorous and determined way, as if we are doing battle with them. This doesn’t mean we’re hostile or violent. I always encourage people to be gentle with themselves. But it is a dedicated effort to consistently confront and address our own faults, remember our inherent goodness, and express our love and compassion to others.
These are some ways a spiritual warrior thinks and acts:
A spiritual warrior understands that we all want and deserve happiness and at the same time, no one wants to suffer. But often our actions are contrary to our aims. We go about trying to achieve happiness in confused and superficial ways, like accumulating excessive amounts of material possessions, which often leads to dissatisfaction instead of the happiness we seek.
A spiritual warrior trains in awakening profound compassion and living from that heart-centered place in their thoughts, words, and actions. At first, her sense of compassion might be just a tiny seed. That’s okay. She gradually waters and nourishes the seed until she’s able to extend her compassion to a wider and wider circle, not just her friends.
A spiritual warrior centers her action in the knowledge that the world and its inhabits actually are impermanent, interdependent, and subject to cause and effect (karma).
A spiritual warrior is centered in her highest self. She goes out of her way to help others however she can, but also uses discernment so her efforts aren’t ineffective, inappropriate, or ill-advised.
A spiritual warrior understands the need to eradicate self-cherishing, the feeling that she is more important than anyone else, in order to dismantle the false sense of a permanent self. It’s the clinging to a sense of permanent self and all the likes and dislikes that bring unnecessary suffering into your life. Helping others is one of the best ways to gradually dissolve an over focus on the self.
A spiritual warrior helps without expecting reward, praise, or acknowledgement.
A spiritual warrior helps even when it’s hard. For example, it may not be your first choice to sit and talk with a lonely, elderly relative, but you’re willing to give of yourself to bring a glimmer of joy or connection into someone else’s life. This isn’t martyrdom if it’s centered in the bigger perspective.
A spiritual warrior doesn’t act out of guilt, shame, or a desperate need to be loved, but from a profound understanding of the interconnectedness of all life.
A spiritual warrior focuses on both the inner and outer dimensions. She works with her own mind to change unhealthy patterns, transform negative emotions, and dismantle false beliefs about herself and the world. She also practices positive emotions like love and compassion to relieve the suffering of others and help them realize their full spiritual potential, as best she can.
The red blood cells of a bio form have a completely different function than those of the white blood cells, yet they are in one body.
The red blood cell cannot say to the white blood cell, “I’m tired of being a red blood cell, let me be you.”
Even if the white blood cell agreed, it is not possible. Their function is what their functions are. It’s just the way it goes. At best, the attempt would only be an imitation, an illusion.
So while some say the light would not recognize itself if it weren’t for the dark, and vice verse, and while this may be true, the light and the dark are fundamentally different … in the same body of creation.
One… yet not alike, different roles, different functions. The likes of each do not belong in its opposing realm, yet share space in the whole just the same.
I believe at times, the balance between organisms sharing space goes out of kilter and measures must be taken to bring everything back into harmony, in the micro as well as the macro.
I believe we are seeing balance restored in the macro right now, affecting the micro.
There are two ways of seeing 3 basics in the coming new world.
1) Lab grown meat, limited garden crops, and whatever hydration they care to come up with.
2) Beautiful gardens, fresh grown and harvested foods year round, living waters.
One belonging to dominators and their sleeper slaves, the other enjoyed by co-creators, working together to benefit the whole.
Are all one?
Yes.
About as one as two different type blood cells in the body.
